Etymologies

lavish +‎ -ness (Wiktionary)

Examples

I know the super rich and some have worked really hard -- I can think of one billionaire who came from nothing and if his lavishness has been a bit gross, I know his bank account got a good kick recently.

Mr. Glegg; his eyes would have watered with true feeling over the sale of a widow's furniture, which a five-pound note from his side pocket would have prevented; but a donation of five pounds to a person "in a small way of life" would have seemed to him a mad kind of lavishness rather than "charity," which had always presented itself to him as a contribution of small aids, not a neutralizing of misfortune.

But account director James Wright said that, while pre-GFC "lavishness" was nowhere to be seen in 2010 - and unlikely to make a rapid return - companies were back on the bandwagon for new strategies to retain workers who might be looking at a career change.

There was no humbug or hypocrisy about Mr. Glegg; his eyes would have watered with true feeling over the sale of a widows furniture, which a five-pound note from his side pocket would have prevented; but a donation of five pounds to a person in a small way of life would have seemed to him a mad kind of lavishness rather than charity,  which had always presented itself to him as a contribution of small aids, not a neutralizing of misfortune.

True about UTC revenue, point is that a typical govt contractors modus operandi seems to be to maximize revenue from the customer (the govt) while appearing to cut costs (apparently to support execs lavishness & maybe shareholders).